$242 Million in Bitcoin Flee BitMEX Following Criminal Charges

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A $1 million BTC bribe leads to conspiracy charges for Russian man

The strange case of Egor Kriuchkov — who was he working for?

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Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Charged for Running $5.6M Bitcoin Scam

Jack Abramoff has agreed to plead guilty to charges of running a $5. 6 million Bitcoin scam. The disgraced lobbyist duped investors into purchasing tokens that he promised would be convertible into a new and improved version of Bitcoin.

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Alleged Shopin ICO Fraudster Pays $450K Fine in Ether

Eran Eyal, who raised $42 million in an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering, settled charges with the SEC and paid a $450,000 fine in ether.

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Co-Founder Of $722 Million Bitcoin Scam Scheme Arrested On Sex Charges In Indonesia

Russ Albert Medlin, the founder of the infamous Bitcoin Club Network has been arrested by the Jakarta police force. According to a Jakarta media outlet, Medlin who had previously been indicted by the United States department of justice over a $722 million Cryptocurrency scam was apprehended in South Jakarta on Monday, for engaging in sexual […]

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CFTC Charges Multiple Firms for $15 Million Crypto and Binary Options Scam

U.S. and Israel-based firms were charged for promoting fake investment schemes and defrauding customers of $15 million.

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$15 Million Bounty on Maduro: US Charges Venezuelan President With Narco-Terrorism and Drug Trafficking

The U. S. has charged 14 high-ranking officials of the Venezuelan government, including President Nicolas Maduro, with “narco-terrorism, corruption, drug trafficking and other criminal charges.

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US Charges Dutch National With Running Crypto-Funded Child Porn Site

U.S. officials allege a Dutch national referred to as “Michael R.M.” made $1.6 million in bitcoin by operating a rape and child pornography website for the last eight years.

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US Charges North Korea-Linked Chinese Nationals for Laundering Over $100 Million in Stolen Cryptocurrency

The U. S. government has charged two Chinese nationals involved in laundering stolen cryptocurrency worth $100 million from an exchange allegedly for the benefit of North Korea. They are linked to the U.

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US Courts Charge $147M Gemcoin Crypto Scammer On Tax Evasion And Wire Fraud

Gemcoin founder Steve Chen appeared in court and pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud charges and tax evasion. He and other perpetrators duped some 70,000 unsuspecting individuals out of a cool $147 million to invest in USFIA.

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SEC Settles Enigma’s 2017 $45M ENG Token Sale, Pay $500k Fine and Refund Investors

The ICO project Enigma has settled with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over charges of violating the securities law. Enigma MPC is a blockchain startup that raised $45 million in a token sale from 2017.

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Enigma Settles with SEC, Agrees to Refund ENG Investors

Enigma, a startup developing private smart contracts, settled charges with the Securities Exchange Commission for selling its ENG tokens as unregistered securities. Enigma Faces SEC Enforcement Enigma raised $45 million...The post Enigma Settles with SEC, Agrees to Refund ENG Investors appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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ICO Project Enigma Settles SEC Charges Over $45M Token Sale

The SEC settled charges with Engima MPC alleging it raised $45 million in an unregistered securities sale with its 2017 ICO. Engima will refund investors and pay a penalty.

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OneCoin Associate Tries to Dodge $400M Laundering Charges 

OneCoin associate Mark Scott was charged with two counts of money laundering totaling $400 million. Now, one of the enablers of Crypto’s biggest scam wants the charges against him dropped. OneCoin Aide Claims ‘Insufficient’ Evidence Mark Scott was found guilty by a jury last November of two counts of money laundering (wire fraud and bank fraud) for OneCoin and its elusive founder Ruja Ignatova totaling $400 million.

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US SEC Charges Convict and Associates for $30M Fraudulent ICO

The U.S. SEC has charged Boaz Manor and his associates with raising over $30 million through a fraudulent ICO

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SEC Charges ICO Operator Who Used Alias After Past Conviction

The SEC has charged Blockchain Terminal founder Boaz Manor with securities fraud for a $30 million ICO conducted in 2017 and 2018.

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US SEC Traces $3.5M Back To Alleged Fraudster Behind Fake Crypto Mine

Operator of an allegedly fake crypto mine faces criminal charges from the SEC for fraudulent securities offerings worth $3.5 million

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SEC Charges Man Behind Alleged Crypto Mining Scam

The SEC claims Donald Blakstad bilked investors of $3.5 million. One scheme involved a non-existent crypto mining operation.

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French Businessman Detained for Stealing €1.2 Million in Crypto From His Partners

An investigation launched on the request of a French startup has led to the indictment of a 37-year-old entrepreneur accused of stealing 182 BTC from the company he cofounded. Embezzlement of money is one the charges brought against him by the public prosecutor’s office in Paris.

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Another ICO Fraudster Bites the Bullet

Eran Eyal, Shopin CEO, pleaded guilty today to charges of conducting an unregistered securities offering in an ICO that raised over $42 million. The SEC announced charges against Eyal in a Wednesday press release.

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Shopin Founder Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating Fraudulent $42 Million ICO

Shopin founder Eran Eyal pleads guilty to felony charges for running a fraudulent initial coin offering that raised more than $42 million

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US SEC Charges Shopin Founder With Orchestrating Fraudulent $42 Million ICO

Shopin Founder and CEO Eran Eyal allegedly spent $500,000 of investor funds on personal expenses

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SEC Charges Shopin CEO With Fraud Over Unregistered $42M ICO

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Shopin and its founder Eran Eyal with fraud after a $42 million initial coin offering. The SEC announced Wednesday that Eyal had been charged with defrauding investors by selling unregistered securities in the form of Shopin Tokens.

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Accused Onecoin Co-Conspirators Fight Criminal Charges in the US

The Onecoin scam, a multi-level Ponzi scheme that acquired $4 billion from investors has been falling apart at the seams. Criminal proceedings have started against Onecoin leaders and one alleged associate who was found guilty of laundering $400 million has asked a New York judge for more time to process an acquittal motion.

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Quadriga CX Legal Charges Stand at $1.6 Million

Law firms lead by EY are now demanding $1.6 million from Quadriga CX. The Canadian cryptocurrency exchange, now bankrupt, lost more than $190 million in January

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Fentanyl dealer to forfeit $4M in Bitcoin and quadrillions of bank notes

A dark web kingpin has forfeited $4 million, including Bitcoin and 100 quadrillion Zimbabwe bank notes after selling drugs to an undercover cop via encrypted email. Richard Castro, of Windermere (Florida), pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute three controlled substances – carfentanil, phenyl fentanyl, and fentanyl.

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Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin taken to court for $13 million for failed ConsenSys spinout Token Foundry

ConsenSys founder and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin was summoned to court in a $13 million lawsuit connected to failed ConsenSys spinout Token Foundry. Charges levied against Lubin by the startup’s former CEO, Harrison Hines, include fraud, unjust enrichment, and breach of contract.

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Silk Road drug dealer arrested in the US on money laundering charges

Hugh Brian Haney, a dark web drug dealer was arrested in the United States for allegedly laundering his drug money worth $19 million with the help of cryptocurrencies. The news of his arrest was announced by United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S.

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Israeli hacker allegedly stole $1.7M in cryptocurrency from Europeans

A cybercriminal from Israel is facing a long list of felonies associated with the supposed theft of $1. 7 million (6. 1 million NIS) in various cryptocurrencies. The perp, 31-year old Eliyahu Gigi from Tel Aviv, reportedly stole Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dash from various foreigners, including Belgians, Dutch, and Germans, Israeli news reports.

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Fraudulent Operation Selling Fake Identities for Bitcoin Sees Third Person Plead Guilty

A third defendant has recently decided to plead guilty in a case that is happening in Toledo, Ohio. The defendant is being accused of being a part of a scam that created fake ID rings and could have netted around $4.

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CFTC busts fraudulent Bitcoin trading scheme; charges accused of swindling BTC worth $147 million

In sync with rising crypto-adoption, government bodies have stepped up and implemented stricter regulations, in light of the space’s history and susceptibility to fraudulent activities. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been making a lot of effort in this regard and recently, caught a Bitcoin trading and investment company for fraudulent activities.

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British Bitcoin Scammer Pleads Guilty for Defrauding US Victims of $50 Million

By CCN Markets: Renwick Haddow, the operator of the fake crypto trading platform Bitcoin Store and the fraudulent shared office space Bar Works, admitted to the charges against him with one of his fellow collaborators found guilty by US court.

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SEC Charges Kik (KIN) for Running Unregistered ICO, Could Clarify Crypto Regulations

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it is suing Kik Interactive Inc. for conducting an illegal $100 million ICO. We are excited to finally get the clarity we all need.

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SEC Sues Kik

“The Securities and Exchange Commission today sued Kik Interactive Inc. for conducting an illegal $100 million securities offering of digital tokens.  The SEC charges that Kik sold the tokens to...

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SEC Files Charges, Alleges Daniel Pacheco Ran Crypto Ponzi Scheme

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Daniel Pacheco, claiming he sold unregistered securities and raised $26 million with a crypto-related Ponzi scheme he ran through his companies IPro Solutions LLC and IPro Network LLC.

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SEC Charges California Resident for Alleged $26 Million Crypto Pyramid Scheme

California resident Daniel Pacheco has been accused by the U.S. SEC of allegedly operating a $26 million cryptocurrency pyramid scheme

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Dutch Man Arrested for $111 Million Fake Mining Scheme

On March 21, 2019, Dutch news outlet NL Times reported that “Berry van M. ,” a 33-year-old Dutch businessman and the operator of now-defunct trading platform Koinz Trading, has been arrested on charges of deceiving investors with a bogus bitcoin mining scheme.

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Centra Tech ICO Lawsuit Worth $32 Million Removes DJ Khaled, Floyd Mayweather As Defendants

Centra Tech ICO Lawsuit Removes DJ Khaled And Floyd Mayweather As Defendants Centra Tech lawsuit dismisses multiple parties from being held responsible, including Floyd Mayweather, DJ Khaled, the CTO of Centra Tech, and the Director of PR for Centra Tech.

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$2.4 Million Crypto Thieves Bribed Carrier Employees in SIM Hijacking Heist

By CCN: SIM hijacking has proven to be yet another lucrative way to steal crypto with millions of dollar now reported to have been stolen over the years with the amount that has gone unreported possibly eclipsing that.

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SIM-swappers face hundreds of years in prison for $2.4M cryptocurrency theft

An Irish man, part of a hacking group called “The Community,” is facing upwards of 100 years in a US prison after allegedly stealing over $2 million worth of cryptocurrencies in a series of SIM-swap attacks.

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US DoJ Charges Group of Individuals Who Stole $2.5 Mln in Crypto Via SIM Swapping

The U.S. Department of Justice has named hackers who allegedly stole $2.5 million worth of crypto from users’ wallets via SIM swapping

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Bitfinex Releases White Paper for LEO Token Sale

Bitfinex is forging forward despite its ongoing row with the authorities, and it's looking for investors to support its efforts. Today, May 8, 2019, iFinex, the operator and parent company of the popular cryptocurrency exchange, released a private token sale white paper, putting to rest rumors of its Initial Exchange Offering (IEO).

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Does Crypto Need Celebrity?

In a world of celebrity-promoted everything, does crypto need a celebrity revolution to go mainstream, or would that do more harm than good? Crypto of Personality In late April 2019, it was announced that reality star and social media influencer Kim Kardashian charges up to a million dollars for each Instagram post on her pageRead MoreRead More.

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Bitcoin Manipulation, Binance, Bitfinex, Tether, And That 1.1 Million BTC

Bitcoin could still yet break $6,000 as momentum holds, but charges of manipulation and calls for Binance to delist Tether, the 1. 1 million bitcoin at the centre of a long-running Florida court case and a.

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$850 Million Bitfinex Bombshell Disproves Crazy Bitcoin Conspiracy

By CCN: ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees made a valid observation on Twitter today, pointing out that there’s some degree of irony in the charges potentially facing embattled Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex: Tether had the cash reserves, despite wide speculation that the company had issued far more crypto tokens than it could settle.

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New York Makes First Money Laundering Conviction Involving Cryptocurrency

In what the Manhattan District Attorney calls the first crypto money laundering conviction in New York, two defendants have pleaded guilty to running a drug trafficking business that laundered millions of dollars in Western Union and crypto payments.

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21-Year-Old SIM-Swapping Mastermind Is Jailed for 10 Years

Joel Ortiz, the 21-year-old student who was accused of stealing over $7. 5 million in digital assets via a SIM swapping operation, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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Prolific sim-swapper gets 10 years for stealing $7.5M worth of Bitcoin

A 21-year-old man in the US, who is credited with being one of the first people in the country to be convicted of stealing cryptocurrency by hacking a victim’s mobile phone, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail.

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Bitcoin [BTC]: Danish man sentenced to four years in prison for money laundering using Bitcoin

A 33-year-old Danish man was sentenced to four years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to charges of laundering Bitcoin. According to the verdict, the perpetrator bought Bitcoins from funds he received from identifiable criminal sources and sent it to unidentified offshore accounts.

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Canadian Drug Dealer Ordered to Forfeit $1.4 Million in Bitcoin

As part of an ongoing criminal case, a judge in Canada has ordered that a local online drug dealer must forfeit about 281. 41 bitcoin (worth about $1. 4 million) after it was found that he used the cryptocurrency to fund his illegal activities.

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